Society loves to argue whether technology is a good or bad influence on how we humans communicate. It’s not always comfortable to be squeezed together between words, especially when cyber-bullying is so easy to execute from the comfort of a keyboard, but in some ways all this digital closeness is better than sex. Why?…

There may be tears around the dinner table tomorrow; as any campus psychologist can tell you, Thanksgiving is "turkey drop" time. The term famously refers to the holiday break-up, when college students who've been in long-distance relationships return home and end things with their sweethearts. The stereotypical…

Today, Slate's environmental column tells you that if you're dating from afar, you should be wracked with guilt: dating locally is much more sustainable. The emotional end? That's your selfish problem.